Knee mri showed torn meniscus. i have a lot of pain and i don't react well to cortisone. i'm taking too much advil and tylenol. i need another medicine alternative until i can get to surgery. i have mri supporting doc?

Consider: Consider topical voltaren gel, lidoderm patches, capsicum cream. Some herbals could be helpful.

Surgery alternative: Besides the anti-inflammation medicines and pain controlling meds, repaos is of essence. Knee bracelet might help. Thj problem is the fact that the meniscus does not heal well itself (no strong blood supply). So pain is reduced by avoiding the movement of the broken meniscus within itsself (repaos) and ultimatelly the surgery (knee arthroscopy, sinovectomy, partial menicectomy, etc.

Acupuncture: may be very helpful. I treat a number of patient's with acupuncture who are pending surgery.